Thomas Womble
Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Womble is the Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Tire Recycling, the only coast-to-coast North American tire recycler. He has more than 30 years of combined experience transforming solid waste businesses into modern sustainable enterprises.
Mr. Womble was both a founder of one of the companies that became Liberty Tire Recycling and an early investor in the newly consolidated organization. He returned to Liberty as the Chief Operating Officer in 2013 and was named CEO in 2017. Under his leadership, Liberty has grown from a regional tire processing company to a coast-to-coast integrated tire recycler, covering all aspects of the business including hauling, processing, and manufacturing. Liberty today collects more than 219 million tires across all 50 states and western Canada and has more than 3,500 employees. Liberty is widely recognized as the leader in its field and was the first tire recycling company to publish a sustainability report and establish a Zero Waste Goal.
Mr. Womble lives in Sanford, North Carolina, where in addition to his role in Liberty, he is an entrepreneur in the agricultural and retail spaces. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.